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week



week [week weeks] BrE [wiːk] NAmE [wiːk] noun
1. a period of seven days, either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday
last/this/next week
It rained all week.
What day of the week is it?
He comes to see us once a week.
2. any period of seven days
a two-week vacation
The course lasts five weeks.
a week ago today (= seven days ago)
I will be away for a couple of weeks.
She'll be back in a week.
3. the five days other than Saturday and Sunday
They live in town during the week and go to the country for the weekend.
• (BrE) I never have the time to go out in the week.
4. the part of the week when you go to work
a 35-hour week
The firm is introducing a shorter working week.
more at the other day/morning/evening/week at other adj.
Idioms: today/tomorrow/Monday week week after week week by week week in, week out week on Monday week tomorrow week yesterday/last Monday
See also:week from Monday week today

Word Origin:
Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning ‘sequence, series’.

Example Bank:
How much do you earn per week?
I go out most weekends, but rarely during the week.
I haven't seen him for weeks.
I'll have the report finished within the next couple of weeks.
In just a few short weeks we'll be going home.
It hasn't rained in weeks.
It's been a long week and I'm very tired.
It's been a very quiet week for me.
It's over a week since she called me.
It's the first time I've done a full week's work since the accident.
She works three days a week.
The strike has entered its second week.
The week passed very slowly.
They won 1–0 for the fourth consecutive week.
They're paid by the week.
This is a short week because of the public holiday.
We spent two weeks in France last summer.
We'll be back in a week.
Which day of the week was it?
a reduction in the working week/workweek

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